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    You can't have analytics without data. To deliver its promised optimizations, improved decisions and profitability, data analytics must be built on a solid foundation of networking and efficient information processing - but it must also have signals, readings, measurements and every other kind of input to process intro useful results.
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    Data Analytics

    Apparatus for data analytics

    Oct. 1, 2024
    Control's monthly resources guide
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    Industrial Networks

    The APL of your eye?

    Len Vermillion
    Sept. 30, 2024
    Ethernet-APL's promise is intriguing. Will reality match?
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    Sustainability

    Oh the humanities!

    Jim Montague
    Sept. 27, 2024
    Facetime with partners is crucial for sustainability and other epic transitions
    Coriolis meters have a wide variety of sanitary application uses, such as food and beverage.
    Flow

    Life in the fast lane: Coriolis and ultrasonic flowmeters

    Jesse Yoder
    Sept. 27, 2024
    How do the Coriolis and ultrasonic markets compare to each other?
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    Batch Management

    Industrial robot fleet management

    Penny Chen
    Sept. 26, 2024
    Best practices for large-scale robot deployment, support and maintenance

    More content from September 2024

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    Multivariable Control

    Realism for dynamic simulation for control testing

    R. Russell Rhinehart
    Sept. 24, 2024
    Part one of this two-part article explains how to add environmental effects to your simulations
    Today's temperature transmitters, such as this portfolio of units from Endress+Hauser USA, have become cost-efficient while realizing incredible levels of accuracy.
    Industry Perspectives (sponsored)

    The evolution and impact of today’s temperature transmitters

    Sept. 24, 2024
    Not all temperature transmitters are made the same
    Figure 3: Producing consistent crystals is critical to Ajinomoto’s success when manufacturing MSG. Through engineering collaboration and using CLPM technology, it improved product quality.
    Optimization

    MSG process plant adds a dash of optimization

    Meg Lashier
    Sept. 23, 2024
    Ajinomoto spiced up production by amplifying its technology investments
    Anomet Products
    Industrial Networks

    Composite-clad metal wires improve corrosion-resistance, conductivity, and biocompatibility

    Anomet Products
    Sept. 20, 2024
    Precious Metal-Clad wire can be formulated to achieve specific performance characteristics, such as improving corrosion-resistance, conductivity, biocompatibility, radiopacity...
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    Data Analytics

    Across the analytics lake

    Sept. 20, 2024
    Useful data analytics requires infrastructure, intelligence, digitalization, standardization, containerization, flexibility and content—and artificial intelligence, too
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    Data Analytics

    Do more (data) with less (people)

    Jim Montague
    Sept. 20, 2024
    Fluke’s Azima subsidiary standardizes and automates diagnostics, and uses AI to sort through results
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    Data Analytics

    Intelligence delivers know-how

    Jim Montague
    Sept. 19, 2024
    Hargrove acquires data from advanced smart devices
    CUI Devices
    Industrial Networks

    Circular connectors and cable assemblies are IP67 rated

    CUI Devices
    Sept. 19, 2024
    CDM12 circular connectors and circular cable assemblies offer a range of male or female jacks, or plug versions with four-pin contact position options. These M12 D-coded connectors...
    Wago
    Industrial Networks

    Wire-splicing connectors with a safety-inspection window

    Wago
    Sept. 18, 2024
    Compact 2773 Series wire-splicing connectors employ Pushwire technology to provide a fast and reliable connection for applications. Thanks to their safety inspection window, users...
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    Data Analytics

    Filling the experience gap

    Jim Montague
    Sept. 18, 2024
    British Sugar adds Seeq’s AI Assistant to dashboards, so it can ask them questions
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    Data Analytics

    Concierge for SaaS and containerization

    Jim Montague
    Sept. 17, 2024
    E Tech streamlines analytics for CPG and data center clients
    Galco
    Industrial Networks

    Lever-actuated splicing connectors with two-, three- and five-wire connectors

    Galco
    Sept. 17, 2024
    Wago 221-Series Lever-Nuts are available in two-, three- and five-wire connectors, inline versions and carriers for panel or DIN-rail mounting. They support a wide range of wire...
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    Industrial Networks

    Compact power meter tests fiber-optic cables

    Softing Inc.
    Sept. 16, 2024
    CableMaster FO is a dedicated, pocket-sized, Power over Ethernet (PoE) power meter and cable tester, which can measure seven different wavelengths in decibels (dB) using an attenuation...
    Source: Société Le Nickel (SLN), part of Groupe Eramet, and Rockwell
    To increase tonnage and uptime, and improve nickel ore calcination in its kilns, Groupe Eramet’s Société Le Nickel (SLN) in New Caledonia adopted Rockwell Automation’s FactoryTalk Analytics Pavilion 8 model-predictive control (MPC) software with an intelligence layer that sits on top of automation systems, continuously assesses present and predicted operations, and resets control targets to reduce variability and boost efficiency. Using MPC in its kilns, SLN reduced product temperature errors by 6%, cut temperature profile variability by 16.1%, and improved uptime from 70% to 83%.
    Data Analytics

    Unplugging nickel production

    Jim Montague
    Sept. 16, 2024
    Société Le Nickel’s mines implement Rockwell’s FactoryTalk Analytics Pavilion8 MPC software
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    Industrial Networks

    Ethernet-APL becomes a reality

    Jonas Berge
    Sept. 13, 2024
    The vision for the future is a single Ethernet-APL cable infrastructure to support all kinds of field devices, not just instrumentation
    Identco
    Industrial Networks

    Print-on-demand, self-laminating wire and cable markers

    Identco
    Sept. 13, 2024
    DuraWarp and DuraFlag print-on-demand labels provide convenient marking for wires, cables and wire harnesses. Comprised of supple, conformable vinyl material and high-performance...
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    Wireless

    What the future holds for distributed I/O

    Ian Verhappen
    Sept. 12, 2024
    The architecture makes economic sense, but changes will make it better
    Icotek
    Industrial Networks

    Adapter grommet with protective cover for Keystone modules

    icotek Corp.
    Sept. 12, 2024
    AT-KS-AK adapter grommets save space, and allow direct connector integration into the cable entry. They were developed for Keystone modules, and are equipped with a protective...
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    Level

    Can bad level transmitter settings cause accidents?

    Béla Lipták
    Sept. 11, 2024
    The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident is one example, so how can others be avoided?
    Weidmuller
    Industrial Networks

    Toolless terminal blocks with Snap-In technology

    Weidmuller
    Sept. 11, 2024
    Omnimate 4.0 PCB plug-in terminal blocks in the MTS 5 series feature Snap-In technology, and provide efficient wiring and signal transmission. They can quickly connect conductors...
    Phoenix Contact
    Industrial Networks

    Automatic stripper for conductors

    Phoenix Contact
    Sept. 10, 2024
    E.Fox S 10 is an automatic stripper that processes conductors. Its touchscreen makes operation intuitive, and users can easily adjust to achieve desired cross-sections and stripping...
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    Control Talk Column

    Simulation scope and funding, Part 1

    Greg McMillan
    Sept. 10, 2024
    A multidisciplinary perspective on real-time process simulation
    Newark
    Industrial Networks

    Dual-terminal binding posts with reversible knobs

    Newark
    Sept. 9, 2024
    Multicomp Pro MP770674 dual-terminal binding posts are rated at 60A, and feature a 3 mm wide slot with a Ø6 mm diameter cross hole. Their terminal knobs are reversible ...
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    Loop Control

    A complex DCS quandary

    John Rezabek
    Sept. 9, 2024
    How PID loops were enhanced, and why it’s beneficial but confusing
    Belden
    Industrial Networks

    Easy crimp terminations for rail and outdoors

    Belden
    Sept. 6, 2024
    Lumberg Automation RM12C crimp connectors let train builders and operators cut and terminate custom cable lengths for onboard, trackside and other outdoor applications. They...
    AutomationDirect
    Industrial Networks

    Panel-interface connectors include interface inserts, frames and covers

    AutomationDirect
    Sept. 5, 2024
    Modlink panel-interface connectors from Murrelektronik include various styles of interface inserts, frames and optional protection covers, which can be easily configured for custom...
    Pepperl+Fuchs
    Industrial Networks

    M8/M12 sensor-actuator cables deploy with optimized M8/M12 and other connectors

    Pepperl+Fuchs, Inc.
    Sept. 3, 2024
    Available with different threadings, wire types and other variations, M8/M12 sensor-actuator cables enable ideal matches for any application. When deployed with their optimized...